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See also: Karate, karaté, karatè, karatē, kárate, and káráte

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑ.ti/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /kəˈrɑt̪e/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

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karate (uncountable)

  1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
    • 2020 June 10, Ashley Vaughan, “This teenage martial artist creates videos to help superhero seniors stay active while in quarantine”, in CNN‎[1]:Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home.

Derived terms

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  • karate chop
  • karateist
  • karatelike
  • karateman
  • karatist
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  • karateka

Translations

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  • Afrikaans: karate (af)
  • Arabic: كَارَاتِيه m (karātīh)
  • Armenian: կարատե (hy) (karate)
  • Belarusian: каратэ́ n (karaté)
  • Bengali: কারাতে (karate)
  • Burmese: ကရာတေး (my) (ka.rate:)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 空手 (zh) (kōngshǒu), 空手道 (zh) (kōngshǒudào)
  • Czech: karate (cs) n
  • Danish: karate c
  • Esperanto: karateo (eo)
  • Finnish: karate (fi)
  • French: karaté (fr) m
  • Georgian: კარატე (ka) (ḳaraṭe)
  • German: Karate (de) n
  • Greek: καράτε (el) n (karáte)
  • Gujarati: કરાટે (karāṭe)
  • Hebrew: קראטה m (kárate)
  • Hindi: कराटे (karāṭe)
  • Icelandic: karate n
  • Indonesian: karate (id)
  • Japanese: 空手 (ja) (からて, karate), 空手道 (ja) (からてどう, karatedō)
  • Kannada: ಕರಾಟೆ (karāṭe)
  • Khmer: ការ៉ាតេ (kaaraatee), ការ៉ាតេដូ (kaaraateedou)
  • Korean: 카라테 (karate), 가라데 (garade), 공수도 (gongsudo)
  • Kyrgyz: карате (karate)
  • Lithuanian: karatė f
  • Macedonian: кара́те n (karáte)
  • Malay: karate
  • Malayalam: കരാട്ടെ (karāṭṭe)
  • Maori: karāti
  • Nepali: कराते (karāte), कराटे (karāṭe)
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: karate m Nynorsk: karate m
  • Persian: کاراته (fa) (kârâte)
  • Polish: karate (pl) n
  • Portuguese: caratê (pt) m, karaté (pt) m, caraté m
  • Romanian: karate (ro), carate
  • Russian: карате́ (ru) n (karatɛ́), каратэ́ (ru) n (karatɛ́)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: карате m Roman: karate m
  • Sinhalese: කරාටේ (karāṭē)
  • Sotho: karate (st)
  • Spanish: karate (es)
  • Swahili: karate
  • Swedish: karate (sv) c
  • Tagalog: karate
  • Tajik: каратэ (karate)
  • Tamil: கராத்தே (ta) (karāttē)
  • Telugu: కరాటే (karāṭē)
  • Thai: คาราเต้ (th) (kaa-raa-dtêe)
  • Tibetan: ཁ་ར་ཏེ (kha ra te)
  • Turkish: karate (tr)
  • Ukrainian: карате́ (uk) n (karaté)
  • Urdu: کراٹے (karāṭē)
  • Vietnamese: không thủ đạo (vi), karate (vi)
  • Yiddish: קאַראַטע (karate)

Verb

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karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)

  1. (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

Anagrams

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  • ektara

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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karate (uncountable)

  1. karate

Derived terms

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  • karatefederasie
  • karatehou
  • karatekampioen
  • karatekampioenskap
  • karateklub
  • karatepak
  • karatespan
  • karatetegniek
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  • karateka
  • kata
  • kihon
  • kumite
  • sensei

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkaratɛ]

Noun

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karate n (indeclinable)

  1. karate

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Noun

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karate c (singular definite karaten, not used in plural form)

  1. karate

Declension

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commongender singular
indefinite definite
nominative karate karaten
genitive karates karatens

Derived terms

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  • karatefilm
  • karateklub
  • karatemester
  • karatespark

See also

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  • kung-fu

References

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  • “karate” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
  • Rhymes: -aːtə

Noun

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karate n or m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. karate (Japanese martial art)

Derived terms

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  • karateka
  • karateslag
  • karatetrap

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑte/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝t̪e̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑte
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧ra‧te
  • Hyphenation(key): ka‧ra‧te

Noun

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karate

  1. (martial arts) karate

Declension

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Inflection of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative karate —
genitive karaten —
partitive karatea —
illative karateen —
singular plural
nominative karate —
accusative nom. karate —
gen. karaten
genitive karaten —
partitive karatea —
inessive karatessa —
elative karatesta —
illative karateen —
adessive karatella —
ablative karatelta —
allative karatelle —
essive karatena —
translative karateksi —
abessive karatetta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karateni —
accusative nom. karateni —
gen. karateni
genitive karateni —
partitive karateani —
inessive karatessani —
elative karatestani —
illative karateeni —
adessive karatellani —
ablative karateltani —
allative karatelleni —
essive karatenani —
translative karatekseni —
abessive karatettani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karatesi —
accusative nom. karatesi —
gen. karatesi
genitive karatesi —
partitive karateasi —
inessive karatessasi —
elative karatestasi —
illative karateesi —
adessive karatellasi —
ablative karateltasi —
allative karatellesi —
essive karatenasi —
translative karateksesi —
abessive karatettasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karatemme —
accusative nom. karatemme —
gen. karatemme
genitive karatemme —
partitive karateamme —
inessive karatessamme —
elative karatestamme —
illative karateemme —
adessive karatellamme —
ablative karateltamme —
allative karatellemme —
essive karatenamme —
translative karateksemme —
abessive karatettamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karatenne —
accusative nom. karatenne —
gen. karatenne
genitive karatenne —
partitive karateanne —
inessive karatessanne —
elative karatestanne —
illative karateenne —
adessive karatellanne —
ablative karateltanne —
allative karatellenne —
essive karatenanne —
translative karateksenne —
abessive karatettanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative karatensa —
accusative nom. karatensa —
gen. karatensa
genitive karatensa —
partitive karateaankarateansa —
inessive karatessaankaratessansa —
elative karatestaankaratestansa —
illative karateensa —
adessive karatellaankaratellansa —
ablative karateltaankarateltansa —
allative karatelleenkaratellensa —
essive karatenaankaratenansa —
translative karatekseenkarateksensa —
abessive karatettaankaratettansa —
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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  • karateisku
  • karatepotku

Further reading

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  • “karate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

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  • kaaret, kertaa, ketara, ratkea, trakea

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

Noun

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karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

  1. karate

Declension

[edit] Declension of karate (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative karate karateið
accusative karate karateið
dative karate karateinu
genitive karates karatesins

References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “karate”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “karate” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia id

Etymology

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From Japanese 空手(からて) (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手(からて) (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.ra.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té

Noun

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karaté

  1. (sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting
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  • karategi
  • karateka

Further reading

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  • “karate”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

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Romanization

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karate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia no

Etymology

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From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

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karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

  1. karate

References

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  • “karate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “karate” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

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karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

  1. karate

References

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  • “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɛ
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

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karate n (indeclinable)

  1. karate
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  • karateka

Further reading

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  • karate in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • karate in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French karaté, from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.te/

Noun

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karate n (uncountable)

  1. karate

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative karate karateul
genitive-dative karate karateului
vocative karateule

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Noun

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karàte m inan (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)

  1. karate
Declension
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singular plural
nominative karate karatei
genitive karatea karatea
dative karateu karateima
accusative karate karatee
vocative karateu / karatee karatei
locative karateu karateima
instrumental karateom karateima

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)

  1. second-person plural present of karati

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • kárate

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kaˈɾa.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

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karate m (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) karate

Hypernyms

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  • deporte de combate

Further reading

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  • “karate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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karate class IX (plural karate class X)

  1. karate

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:karateWikipedia sv

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka²rɑːtɛ/

Noun

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karate c

  1. karate Se upp, han kan karate!Watch out, he knows karate! en karatesparka karate kick

Declension

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nominative genitive
singular indefinite karate karates
definite karaten karatens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

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  • karatefylla
  • karatespark

References

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  • karate in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • karate in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手(からて) (karate), from 唐手(からて) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kɐˈɾaː.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

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karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)

  1. (martial arts) karate

Derived terms

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  • karatihin
  • kumarate
  • magkarate
  • mangangarate

Further reading

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  • “karate”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

Anagrams

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  • raketa

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